Autoscaling your webserver tier is typically straightforward.
Image your apache server with source code or without, then sync
down files from S3 upon spinup. Roll that image into the
autoscale configuration and you’re all set.

With the database tier though, things can be a bit tricky. The
typical configuration we see is to have a single master database
where your application …

Scalability is about application, architecture and infrastructure
design, and careful management of server components.

1. Object Relational Mappers

ORMs are popular among developers but not among performance
experts. Why is that? Primarily these two engineers
experience a web application from entirely different
perspectives. One is building functionality, delivering
features, and results are measured on fitting business
requirements. Performance and scalability are often low
priorities at this stage. ORMs allow developers to be much
more productive, abstracting away the SQL difficulties of …

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